Here are the quilts I've made. I love quilting... especially after they're completed. This is the first "Yellow Brick Road" patterned quilt I made. I love these colors together. I'm a huge fan of the color RED.
This was a Christmas present one year for my wonderful mother-in-law, Robin. She admired a quilt given at my baby shower for RuthAnne made by my friend and quilt mentor, Mary Butler.
(Mary's Quilt)
She admired it so much that I decided to try and copy it. I think she liked it a lot because it resembled the style of a town in Northern California by Humbolt University where her daughter, Becky, goes to school. Becky is very talented artistically, and I would have to agree that it resembles the same style of oven hot pads that I received from Becky for Christmas one year (which I love and still use!). I believe the technique is called a "rough-edged" applique. And this quilt began my continued interest in quilting.This baby quilt was made for my niece, Adelaide Etta Poyfair ("Addie"), after she was born. I also made her sisters, Emilie and Ivy, tie-knot quilts, but I forgot to take pictures. Drat!
This was my favorite baby quilt I've made so far. It was made for Kyla Zion Poyfair. I think it's really fun. With all the baby quilts I make, I try to choose materials that I think the mother will like.
This quilt was a Christmas present for Asher when he was 2 years old. In the CARS movie, Lightning McQueen would say, "Ka-Chow!" Asher's attempt would result in a, "Da-Dow!"
I made this quilt for Mason. My aim was for Father's Day in '08, but I think it took until September for me to finish. I began in April '08. I really tried to choose fabric to make it look masculine. I made this quilt in my Quilting 101 class at a local quilt shop here in Tucson called The Quilter's Market. It is here where I learned the art and importance of pressing. What a difference it makes! The blooks really looked quite pathetic before I pressed them.
This was a Mother's Day gift for my mom. She loves the color blue. I'm not sure if you can tell in the picture or not, but I tried to quilt little swirls in the diagonals. I took many pictures of the quilt backings to see the material I chose for the backing as well as any quilting I've done. I hope to get better at doing my own quilting the more I practice. I think this one is my absolute favorite.
For Callie's Christmas present last year, we made this quilt together. Yes, this is the 2nd Yellow Brik Road quilt I've made. Thanks, Callie!
These 2 quilts were made for Mary Butler's twins she had in December 2008. I finished them on January 22, 2009. I love the bright colors together. I tried quilting these with multi-colored thread, and I took a close-up to show the detail. I think it turned out really nice. I altered both patterns which are from The Quilter's Market. The first is called Fiesta (my favorite of the two), and the second is called Star Struck.
The backing of the black and white star quilt was especially tricky, but luckily it ended up being centered pretty nicely, don't you think? The tricky part of doing this is trying to align the top with the bottom when you're pinning and then quilting (with a layer of batting in between). I really liked how they both turned out.
These quilts were made for all the baby boys born in 2009. The blue and brown one was made for Luke Grandin, the brown and green one for Kian McKay, and the bright blue and green one for Kash Brandon. I cut some corners to finish them all on time. Monique, Christie, Sharee, and I were all due 2-4 weeks apart from one another. I had Kaitlyn in May, then there was Luke and Kian in June, and finally Kash in July. Can you guess what pattern I used? Yep, the Yellow Brick Road!
This is my current project I'm working on. I plan on quilting a more intricate design than "stitch in the ditch."
